Jeff Jarvis - Jeff Jarvis is an American journalist. He is the former television critic for TV Guide and People magazine, creator of Entertainment Weekly, Sunday editor and associate publisher of the New York Daily News, and a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner.
Until recently, he was President and Creative Director of Advance Internet, the online arm of Advance Publications, where he developed the children's educational site "Yuckiest Site on the Internet" with Susan Mernit.
Jarvis currently consults for Advance Internet.
He has also consulted for the New York Times Company at About.com, where he worked on content development and strategy. In 2006 he became an associate professor at City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism, directing its new media program. He has a fortnightly column in the MediaGuardian supplement of the British newspaper The Guardian.
I agree with much of what Jeff says. I am thinking about buying a new vehicle. I looked at the Ford Escape/Mazda Tribute. You can't buy the Escape with the same good seats as the Tribute (adjustable lumbar support), conversely, you have to buy a fully loaded Tribute to get auto headlights, which are standard on the Escape.
very interesting lecture. It's not just Google. I don't think general software (not just google) product cycles and methods can apply to other businesses. The expectations are just different. Cant' beta release a boeing 737! But the idea is stimulating.